Description
Book SynopsisThis book reviews the psychosocial, psychiatric and ethical aspects of organ transplantation. Interdisciplinary and authoritative, and drawing on the pioneering work of the Pittsburgh transplant team, it will appeal to anyone with an interest in organ transplantation procedures.
Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: ' … this book is a convenient, comprehensive, accessible presentation of many societal and psychological issues affecting the practice of organ transplantation … it will interest all transplantation-team members.' The New England Journal of Medicine
Review of the hardback: '… should be very useful for the doctors who select patients for organ transplantation or who are involved in the follow-up of these patients. It should be of great interest for psychiatrists and also for psychologists, both of whom, increasingly, are part of organ-transplantation teams.' Didier Houssin, The Lancet
Table of Contents1. The mystique of transplantation: biologic and psychiatric considerations Thomas E. Starzl; 2. Psychosocial screening and selection of candidates for organ transplantation James L. Levenson and Mary Ellen Olbrisch; 3. Psychosocial issues in living organ donation Galen E. Switzer, Mary Amanda Dew and Robert K. Twillman; 4. Quality of life in organ transplantation: effects on adult recipients and their families Mary Amanda Dew, Jean M. Goycoolea, Galen E. Switzer and Aishe S. Allen; 5. Quality of life of geriatric patients following transplantation: short and long term outcomes Maria Paz Gonzalez, Abraham Sudilovsky, Julio Bobes and Andrea F. DiMartini; 6. Pharmacologic issues in organ transplantation: psychopharmacology and neuropsychiatric medication side effects Paula T. Trzepacz, Babu Gupta and Andrea F. DiMartini; 7. Alcoholism and organ transplantation Andrea F. DiMartini and Paula T. Trzepacz; 8. Ethics and images in organ transplantation Grant Gillett; 9. Psychoneuroimmunology and organ transplantation: theory and practice Richard Kradin and Owen Surman; 10. Pediatric transplantation Robert D. Canning and Margaret L. Stuber; 11. Current trends and new developments in transplantation Maureen Martin; Index.
